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In directory submission, you submit your site url, title and short description, while in article submission, you submit an article and you put the link within content. The article can be searched in Google as well and you would get some search engine traffic.

Many more difference appeared between Directory submission and Article submission.Directory submission means, your website's URL,Short description,Meta title,Meta Keywords are submit together in directory sites.Article submission means, submit the article with brief description or content with your all details related to your website in article sites.

Directory submission is submitting your site the right niche in directory sites. While in article submission, you are submitting your unique and fresh content(article) to different article directories. Both are helpful in promotion of your site.

Directory submission is to submit url of your website to website directory
Article submission is to submit your articles with links of your websites to article directory,sometimes there are some requirements about article contents and format in article directory.

The difference is that in Directory submission sites, you submit your website URL together with some company profile information and in article submission websites, you submit fresh interesting articles, related to your business that have relevant keywords linked to your website.

For a directory submission, no need to create an account for submitting .
But for article submission there must be an account with valid user id and correct information .
Article should be unique on each and every site, no duplicate content has to be posted .